Very few things irritate me more than fans trying to be "wanna be tough guys", "internet warriors", or whatever variations we have to describe these type of people... Fans are definitely entitled to give their opinion about this or that fighter, they're definitely entitled to 'think' that this guy is better than that other guy but going to the fighter's twitter and talk shit to him, which is something that they would never do to the fighter's face, it's something really embarrassing... I see people talking shit to Vitor when he calls out Chael, and vice versa, people talk shit to me, when I call out Phil Davis, and talk shit to Phil for ducking me (which is in fact true), but I don't think they realize that we ARE the fighters that WILL STEP IN THE OCTAGON to fight each other and back up all our talk, while these 'so called' fans will NOT do anything but drink their beers and eat their cheetos while WATCHING it.

Once again, giving your opinion is valid, so you can talk to your friends about it, you have all the rights to go post on forums about it, or even become one of these shitty bloggers out there and write about it (there are a bunch of them), but saying shit to a fighter directly through a social media outlet, just makes you look like a HUGE VAG###

Some 13 is getting someone to hold his beer while he furiously types a angry response to this about how its his right to say retarded things...which it is just dont expect people to not call you retarded. Vinny is spot on.

This happens with every sport, and EVERY celebrity, people tell musicans that songs suck, or that they played something wrong, they tell actors they did a poor job or that they should have acted a different way or played a part differently. No different with sports, baseball, football, mma, boxing, etc...You've got to take the good with the bad. You want fans? and fame and money? Well you're going to get critics and shit talkers too.

Who is a bigger vag? A fan talking shit....

Or a pro athlete whining about fans.

I love Vinny, but fighters who complain about the fans come off ridiculous to me. (As does any celebrity who complaints, actors with paparazzi, etc..)

But what the fuck is with athletes or entertainers and accusing fans of only drinking beer and eating cheetos on our couches? I have literally NEVER consumed those foods together at the same time, wtf Vinny, don't tell me what to eat when I'm shit talking you

I talk a lot of shit, so I expect people to talk shit back. But didn't i still get sensitive about something? I obviously did. Was that in my defense, no it wasn't... I'm not bothering about arguing with people anymore in my defense, once I decided to talk shit on twitter, I accepted the rules and I understand that people will talk shit back...

What made me really upset that morning was when I saw on my timeline on twitter, some dude sending a tweet to Vitor making fun of his religous beliefs and also mentioning his deceased Sister in his "joke".

First of, I'm not Vitor's lawyer, We're barely close friends, and I don't need to work on his defense, but I know that the death of his sister is pretty sensitive subject to him, and I don't think any human being with a minimum sense of respect should joke about such thing, specially when the guy is having a happy moment in his life.

I probably shouldn't have expressed myself the way I did... But I think that person crossed the line in between being a fan and having the rights to express his opinion, to be a straigh up douchE bag piece of shit...

As for me, fuck it...say what you want, I've been hearing and reading shit for the last 4 years since TUF, I'm pretty immune to it. (reason why i still join the forums and interact with people).

Ps: As for the "they wouldn't say shit face to face", that wasn't intented in a violent way... I've never been in a street fight since I started to train BJJ (since I was 13yo) , and no reason to be in one now to ruin my career. What I meant was that people usually don't use foul language when they feel like criticizing someone face to face...Out of respect, not necessarily fear...

Ice Cold Igors Right Hand -
Said it like it is; ppl on the Internet suddenly grow ten feet tall and will hold nothing back simply because they feel there are no consequences.

This. I am an old-man and internet noob. That is what struck me the hardest, frustrated me the most upon finally interacting on-line. Folks that you KNOW would never speak that way in person, face-to-face, feel free to run their mouths with complete impunity on the internet. It is an entire mind-set I could not fathom.

This happens with every sport, and EVERY celebrity, people tell musicans that songs suck, or that they played something wrong, they tell actors they did a poor job or that they should have acted a different way or played a part differently. No different with sports, baseball, football, mma, boxing, etc...You've got to take the good with the bad. You want fans? and fame and money? Well you're going to get critics and shit talkers too.

Who is a bigger vag? A fan talking shit....

Or a pro athlete whining about fans.

I love Vinny, but fighters who complain about the fans come off ridiculous to me. (As does any celebrity who complaints, actors with paparazzi, etc..)

This right here.

I really like Vinny but if you want to be famous, you MUST accept that you open yourself to criticism; good, bad, and ugly!

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